WoW theme park

Well folks, it looks like China has gone beyond the hijacking of simple electronics and software copyrights and decided to head right for the big time. They’ve taken their disregard for patents to a new level in the form of an entire theme park based on Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. Naturally, Blizzard had no say in the matter and will be receiving no compensation, but that’s what ripping someone off is all about, right?

The 150-acre park, dubbed World Joyland, is located in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. Costing nearly $50 million U.S., the park goes the extra mile in that it doesn’t just rip off WoW, but Starcraft as well. In order to avoid the obvious copyright issues, they’ve named the Warcraft section ‘Terrain of Magic’ and the Starcraft section ‘Universe of Starship.’

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